Urgent Fight to Save Health Clinic That Services Thousands of Low-Income Houstonians in 3rd Ward Region

The health care for thousands of vulnerable families including seniors and children is under assault, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is helping to lead the fight that can literally save lives.

Style Magazine Newswire | 1/2/2018, 2:28 p.m.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

HOUSTON, TX – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is FIGHTING to save Central Care Integrated Health Services (CCIHS), which operates six clinics that provide primary and preventive health care to close to a MILLION Houstonians in the 3rd Ward region. The clinics, which were recently denied federal funding and MAY be forced to close, are a vital lifeline to low-income clients including many who lack health insurance. The future of CCIHS will be determined during at EMERGENCY court hearing next Monday.

Congresswoman Jackson Lee: “We must do what we can to keep these doors open. If we fail, the lives of vulnerable seniors and children will be at tremendous risk.”